U.S. Geological Survey

About 130 people stood in line at the entrance table inside the administration building of the St. Johns River Water Management District headquarters in Palataka on Aug. 28.They waited patiently to sign up to speak on behalf of their beloved rivers — the Silver, Ocklawaha and St. Johns.

This event was part of administrative hearings last week. A judge is to rule on the 1.4 million gallon-per-day water permit for a high-density cattle operation. This is only part of the 5.3 million gallons per day the owners originally asked for before they changed their company name and strategy.

I was first to speak and used my time to show pictures that I had taken from my kayak of Silver...

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